Department of Internal Medicine, Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Department of Internal Medicine, Diete Koki Memorial Hospital, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
West Afr J Med. 2024 May 31;41(5):568-574.
Cutaneous morbidities are not uncommon in correctional centres and environmental cleanliness and sanitation practices influence their prevalence and pattern. Overcrowding and poor living conditions are common in correctional facilities and may increase the prevalence of skin diseases amongst inmates. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and pattern of dermatoses in a correctional centre in southern Nigeria.
The study was an institutional-based cross-sectional descriptive study carried out during a health outreach to the facility involving inmates of a correctional centre in southern Nigeria. Using a purpose-designed questionnaire, sociodemographic data containing information on sex, age, prison status, and number of inmates per room was obtained from a total of 252 inmates who consented to the study. They were subsequently clinically examined for skin diseases. Dermatological tools like dermoscopes were used to boost diagnostic accuracy where expedient. All data collected were subsequently analysed using SPSS version 23.0.
The prevalence of cutaneous morbidities amongst the inmates was 224(88.9%). A total of 332 skin morbidities were observed in 224 prison inmates with a ratio of 1.5:1 per affected inmate. The common dermatoses encountered in our study were scabies 181(71.8%), bedbugs 38(15.1%), dermatophytosis 24(9.5%), pityriasis versicolor 20(7.9%), and pediculosis 18(7.1%) in a decreasing order of frequency.
Cutaneous morbidities are common among prison inmates in southern Nigeria. Scabies was the most common dermatoses observed.
在惩教中心，皮肤疾病并不罕见，环境卫生和卫生习惯影响着它们的流行程度和模式。过度拥挤和恶劣的生活条件在惩教设施中很常见，可能会增加囚犯患皮肤病的几率。本研究旨在确定尼日利亚南部一所惩教中心的皮肤病患病率和模式。
这是一项基于机构的横断面描述性研究，在该设施的一次健康外展活动中进行，涉及尼日利亚南部一所惩教中心的囚犯。使用专门设计的问卷，从总共 252 名同意参与研究的囚犯那里获得了包含性别、年龄、监狱状况和每个房间囚犯人数等信息的社会人口学数据。随后对他们进行了皮肤疾病的临床检查。在需要时，使用皮肤镜等皮肤科工具来提高诊断准确性。所有收集的数据随后使用 SPSS 版本 23.0 进行分析。
囚犯中皮肤疾病的患病率为 224(88.9%)。在 224 名监狱囚犯中观察到 332 种皮肤疾病，每 1 名受影响的囚犯的比例为 1.5:1。在我们的研究中遇到的常见皮肤病是疥疮 181(71.8%)、臭虫 38(15.1%)、皮肤真菌病 24(9.5%)、花斑癣 20(7.9%)和头虱病 18(7.1%)，频率依次降低。
皮肤疾病在尼日利亚南部的监狱囚犯中很常见。疥疮是观察到的最常见的皮肤病。
